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With the Dolphins’ disappointing season finally over, a few players with their own radio shows are beginning to reveal information about the problems with the team’s stagnant offense.

Arguments between Chad Henne, Brandon Marshall and QB coach David Lee became more frequent at the end of the season / Allen Eyestone, Post staff

First Ricky Williams got the ball rolling with his explosive interview Monday evening on WQAM, in which he lamented his minimized role in the offense and criticized Tony Sparano’s coaching philosophies.

Tuesday on the same radio station, receivers Brian Hartline and Brandon Marshall further explained why the Dolphins struggled on offense this year and finished 30th in the league in points scored, though both were more diplomatic than Williams.

“The offense was very poor towards the end of the year,” said Hartline, whose season ended after 12 games with a finger injury. “Obviously there’s tweaks, there needs to be some significant adjustments in certain areas.”

Marshall, who on Sunday said he’s been on “different pages” with quarterback Chad Henne all year, explained what he meant with radio host Michael Irvin, and said he works better with backup Tyler Thigpen.

Marshall said that in Sunday’s 38-7 loss to New England, there were several plays in which he was lined up 1-on-1 against Patriots cornerback Devin McCourty with no safety help over the top. Marshall, listed at 6-foot-4, has six inches on McCourty, and in the past, his height advantage and the 1-on-1 coverage almost always dictated that Marshall would change his play to a “go” route, and the quarterback would lob the ball up and let Marshall make a play.

“In the past, taking the shot always worked out pretty good, and that’s something I’ve been trying to get called all year,” Marshall said. “I’m covered, (but) that doesn’t mean I’m covered. … Just throw it up, you know?”

But Marshall said that Henne and quarterbacks coach David Lee were never willing to improvise plays at the line of scrimmage, and when Marshall did, they would get upset with him on the sideline.

“Henne, the way he plays the game is he goes exactly through his reads, no matter the matchup,” Marshall said. “Then you get to the sideline, and it’s some conflict there because they don’t like it (changing routes on the fly).”

Hartline echoed Marshall’s sentiments earlier in the day on his radio show with Gino Torretta, saying that the Dolphins had “one side sticking to their guns, sticking to the gameplan to a T. We kind of got to the point where we got to make some plays off schedule, we’ve got to adjust some routes, we’ve got to make things happen.”

Unable to improvise plays, all Marshall could do is stew in his frustration on the sideline / Allen Eyestone, Post staff

But Marshall said Thigpen and he are on the same page when it comes to reading coverages and improvising routes at the line of scrimmage. Marshall said Thigpen learned how to do this in Kansas City, when he had Dwayne Bowe, another big receiver, to throw to.

When Thigpen entered Sunday’s game in the third quarter, Marshall said he and Thigpen optioned to a “go” route three different times – the results being a 27-yard pass to Marshall, a 32-yard pass interference penalty against the Patriots, and a dropped pass by Marshall.

“I think Tyler gets it a little more,” Marshall said. “I’ve been trying to communicate with the quarterbacks all year, and we finally get it in the last game. It shows what we’re capable of doing. So yeah, Tyler is a guy that kind of gets it.”

Marshall said that even if the improvised play worked, Lee, in his third year as the Dolphins’ quarterbacks coach, would still have a problem with it.

“You know, the quarterback coach is doing his job, but he didn’t know that me and Tyler were on the same page as far as seeing the same thing out there, and that’s the concern,” he said. “If I would’ve caught that third one, there probably still would’ve been a debate (on the sideline). We just got to get on the same page.”

Hartline said he believes the Dolphins are going to bring in at least one quarterback next year to replace Henne, though Henne may be able to compete for the starting job.

“Obviously I think we’re in a situation where we need to bring guys in,” Hartline said. “Fans are obviously very frustrated. I do not blame them one bit. We’ve got to change some things.”

Marshall was asked if he is excited about the expected retirement of offensive coordinator Dan Henning, but Marshall declined to answer.

“I’m done with my soundbites,” Marshall joked.

As for Williams’ tell-all interview, in which he said he has likely played his last down for the Dolphins, Hartline and cornerback Will Allen, who sat out the season after undergoing minor knee surgery in the preseason, weren’t pleased with Williams that he went public with his gripes.

“Obviously when you don’t win, people are going to nitpick things and it’s going to get ugly,” Allen said. “I haven’t seen it get ugly like this before, just in the sense of a player coming out and really just letting it rip like that.”

But Marshall said he wasn’t upset with Williams’ comments about him, Williams said Marshall “makes it difficult to like him and support him” when he takes his gripes public, which he did in the last couple of weeks about Henne.

“It’s not necessarily what he says, it’s when he says it and the way he says it,” Williams said.

“I agree,” Marshall said. “That’s where I need to grow and what I need to work on this offseason. … Just picking the right time to say things and how to say it.”